Getting Rid of Pinworms Through Home Remedies

Home Remedies

• The best home remedy for pinworms is hygiene. Wash your hands thoroughly and keep the anal area clean by wiping with a wet cloth after every visit to the bathroom. This also provides relief from the itching. Always wear clean underwear.
  
  
• Use garlic as a treatment for pinworms. Garlic has antibacterial properties that help kill pinworm eggs. Add garlic to your meals, eat a few garlic cloves daily or apply a paste of garlic and Vaseline on the anal area. The garlic paste not only kills eggs but also reduces the itchiness.
  
  
• Grapefruit seed extract helps eliminate pinworm infection. You can buy grapefruit seed extract in caplet form or in liquid form. Take one caplet or 10 drops of grapefruit seed extract thrice a day for one week. Grapefruit seed extract is known to kill pinworms and other parasites that live in the digestive tract.
  
  
• Increase your intake of foods that are rich in dietary fiber. Dietary fiber promotes mucus production in the digestive tract, thereby lessening the incidence of parasites like pinworms in the walls of the digestive system. Apples, avocadoes, papaya, cantaloupe, guava, whole wheat, brown rice, artichokes, beans and brussels sprouts are examples of foods rich in dietary fiber.
  
  
• Drinking certain herbal juices can also rid you of these annoying parasites. Try wormseed, wormwood, dandelion and pinkroot juices. Drink these separately or combined. Just dilute 1/4 teaspoon of the juice in water. Drink the herbal juice on an empty stomach in the morning. Drink several times throughout the day.